Darrell Luebbert News Today

The Jefferson City Jays will send seven wrestlers to the Class 3 state wrestling championships, which begin with first-round matches at 8:15 a.m. today at Mizzou Arena. The Jays entered the season with their sights set on finishing top 10 as a team at state, but they are entering with loftier goals.

It was a good litmus test for the Jefferson City Jays in the final dual of the season. The Jays took on the Farmington Knights, ranked No. 6 in Class 3, Wednesday night at Fleming Fieldhouse and dropped a 40-22 final.

The extra points added up to a victory. The Helias Crusaders scored bonus points in seven of their wins Wednesday night on their way to a 41-27 victory against the Jefferson City Jays in Central Missouri Activities Conference wrestling action at Rackers Fieldhouse.

It was just the start to the Central Missouri Activities Conference schedule the Jefferson City Jays wanted. Coming off a CMAC title last year, the Jays picked up their first conference dual victory of the season Thursday with a 59-21 victory against the Sedalia Smith-Cotton Tigers at Fleming Fieldhouse.

For the first time in program history, the Jefferson City Lady Jays received team honors. The Lady Jays took first in the Steve Johnson Invitational with 92 points Saturday at Fleming Fieldhouse, finishing just ahead of Blair Oaks in second with 85. Wright City claimed third at 71 points.

It was a strong opening weekend of wrestling for the Jefferson City Jays. Jefferson City took second place in its six-team pool at the Missouri Duals, then the Jays dropped both matchups in bracket play to finish fourth out of 12 teams Saturday at Rackers Fieldhouse.

It was a strong start to the season for the Jefferson City Jays. The Jays opened the first campaign of Darrell Luebbert’s tenure as the head coach with a 2-1 record on Day 1 of the Missouri Duals at Helias Gym on Friday. The Jays opened their season with a 48-27 win against Marshall, then dropped a 42-32 decision against Father Tolton before rebounding with a 35-30 win against Hannibal.

Darrell Luebbert and his coaching staff attacked the first offseason at the helm of the Jefferson City Lady Jays wrestling program with the goal of growing their numbers, and it worked. The Lady Jays will get their first look at their roster that’s triple the size of last year when they open the season at 5 p.m. today in the Steve Leslie Invitational at Pleasant Hill High School.

When Darrell Luebbert was wrestling for the Jefferson City Jays, he envisioned being the leader of the program. Luebbert’s dream became reality Tuesday, as he was officially announced as the next head coach of the Jays’ boys wrestling team.